Editor Brian Harrod Provides Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, with aggregated news from sources all over the world from the Roundup Newswires Network
When the Democratic Party told Lauren Underwood she needed to raise $100,000 in six weeks to get her campaign for Congress off the ground, she wasn't sure what to do. The nurse from suburban Chicago had never run for office, and her fundraising experience was mostly limited to selling Girl Scout cookies for $4 a box.
Former President Barack Obama's recent denunciation of President Donald Trump's treatment of the press overlooks the aggressive steps the Justice Department took to keep information from the public during his administration. Obama also made a problematic claim that Republican "sabotage" has cost 3 million people their health insurance.
Utility companies in New Hampshire are keeping a close eye on Hurricane Florence and preparing for the possibility of sending local crews to the Carolinas to help restore power in the aftermath of... United States senators are under no obligation to give their consent to a President's nominees.
Rhode Island's Democratic governor faces a spirited but poorly funded challenge in Wednesday's primary, while the mayor of the state's second-largest city is seeking the GOP nomination for another shot at the governor's seat in November. First, he has to defeat a state lawmaker making her first gubernatorial run.
A former state senator who jumped into the race for governor of New Hampshire more than a year after her Democratic opponent beat him in Tuesday's primary and will face Republican Gov. Chris Sununu in November. Molly Kelly, a former five-term state senator from Harrisville, defeated former Portsmouth Mayor Steve Marchand.
Ryan Fischer/The Herald-Dispatch J. Brian Nimo, Director of the Hershal "Woody" Williams VA Medical Center, speaks on the decision to rename the center as the Hershel "Woody" Williams VA Medical Center renaming ceremony takes place on Sunday, September 9, 2018, in Huntington.
From left to right: Ross Little Jr., National Committee member; Louis Gurvich, new party chairman; Lenar Whitney, National Committee member; and Roger Villere, the outgoing party chairman. From left to right: Ross Little Jr., National Committee member; Louis Gurvich, new party chairman; Lenar Whitney, National Committee member; and Roger Villere, the outgoing party chairman.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., may be a hot political commodity these days, but that electoral magic doesn't appear to be rubbing off on his son. Despite having a surname that would make most politicians green with envy, Levi Sanders is flailing in his effort to win a congressional seat in New Hampshire's 1st district, according to ABC News .
Here's the thing about campaigning as an outsider, as Donald Trump did in 2016: If you win the election, you are the person in charge. You are expected to accomplish what you said you would do, or make a darn good effort to do so.
"We call upon Brett Kavanaugh to keep faith with our alma mater's highest ideals," the open letter says More than 200 alumni from Yale and fellow 1987 classmates of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have signed an open letter calling for the federal judge to release his records from his time in the George W. Bush White House. "Freedom of inquiry is at the heart of our university's legacy and its aim to educate leaders who serve society," the letter, which was published in the New York Times , reads.
Presidential wannabe, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, is "wailing" at the sky again about " injustice! " after the Department of the Interior ruled on Friday that the federal government could not take land in trust on behalf of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, a preliminary move toward the tribe getting its own casino. The DOI was merely following a 2009 Supreme Court decision limiting such land-in-trust moves to tribes that were recognized by the federal government in 1934, which does not include the Wampanoag.
WASHINGTON Top White House aides tried in vain to persuade President Donald Trump that he should let them check his tweets for accuracy, spelling and tone before he posted them for the world to see, journalist Bob Woodward wrote in his book that was released Tuesday. Woodward said the aides led by former communications director Hope Hicks were alarmed by the outrage over Trump's June 2017 tweet attacking the appearance and intelligence of Mika Brzezinski, a co-host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" political talk show.
Indy resident Jimmy Clark gets his start early, waving a huge American flag off the 56th Street bridge above I-465 on the northwest side. It's been a tradition of his for more than 15 years.
Arizona's new senator says he'd vote to repeal the nation's health care law. That's one additional Republican ready to obliterate the statute because his predecessor, the late Sen. John McCain, helped derail the party's drive with his fabled thumbs-down vote last year.
Registration will allow you to post comments on newstimes.com and create a newstimes.com Subscriber Portal account for you to manage subscriptions and email preferences. Altice USA CEO Dexter Goei, left, in May 2018 alongside U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal , in Stamford, Conn.
Arizona's new senator says he'd vote to repeal the nation's health care law. That's one additional Republican ready to obliterate the statute because his predecessor, the late Sen. John McCain, helped derail the party's drive with his fabled thumbs-down vote last year.
In this Sept. 5, 2018, photo, Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., waits to be sworn-in by Vice President Mike Pence during his ceremonial swearing-in at the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill, in Washington.